Currency-package



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- ENRIQUE S. BARREIRAS, OF KIRKVVOOD,ASSIGNOR TO THE BUXTON & SKINNER STATIONERY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI.

CURRENCY-PACKAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,085, dated May 14,1889.

Application filed February 6, 1888. Serial No. 263,122. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ENRI UE S. BARREIRAS, of Kirkwood, Missouri, havemade a new and useful Improvement in Currency-Packages, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

I have heretofore made an improvement in currency-packages, wherein apile of bills is strapped and sealed in such a manner as to enable thebills of the pile to be inspected without breaking the seal, in orderthereby to locate the responsibility of any shortage or counterfeitbills in the pile.

In the construction referred to a strap narrower in width than is thelength of the pile is passed transversely around the pile, and is thensealed thereto by means of a cord passed through the strap and pile andhaving its ends sealed to the strap. In the present instance the strapis adapted to be slipped, as a clip, edgewise onto the pile or papers orpaper, leaving the remainder of the pile exposed for examination. Aguard is provided against the inserting of a knife for cutting a bill,so that it can be slipped from off the cord used to seal the package.Coupons are attached to the clip to be used as a depositslip and as aletter of advice, respectively, all substantially as is illustrated inthe annexed drawings, making part of this specification, and exhibitingthe most desirable mode of carrying out the improvement.

Figure 1 is a front view of the improved package; Fig. 2, a back view ofthe package. Fig. 3 is a View of the outer side of the clip developed;Figs. 4 to 8, views upon a reduced scale, Fig. 4 being the same view asthat of Fig. 3, but showing the pile of bills, 850., in position, thepile being broken away to show the part beneath. Fig. 5 shows one of thetop laps folded over the pile. Fig. 6 shows both of the top laps foldedover the pile. Fig. 7 shows the bottom part of the clip folded upon thetop laps and pile, and Fig. 8 shows the opposite side of the package tothat shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and one of the bottom laps folded uponthe top part of the clip.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

A, Fig. 3, represents the clip in its most desirable form-that is, themain portion of the clip is a rectangular piece, say, of strong paperadapted to be folded on a line, 00, Fig. 3, to form the top a and thebottom a. of the clip. The top is provided with two laps, a a which areattached, respectively, to the opposite edges, a a, of the top a in thevicinity of the line w, and adapted to be foldedtransversely upon thetop a, as shown. The bottom a is similarly provided with two laps, a a,which, and independently of the top laps, can be folded transverselyupon the folded top and bottom, as shown. The top a is extended in thedirection of its length to form what may be termed the letter-of-advicecoupon M, which, by means of the row of perforations y, is madedetachable from the top a. The bottom a" is also extended in thedirection of its length to form what may be termed the deposit slipcoupon a which, by means of the row of perforations z, is madedetachable from the bottom a. The clip upon its outer side bearsdirections and marks for the instruction and for the-guidance of theusers of the clip-that is, at a are directions as to the stitching, at0. are the points where the stitching is to be done, at a the brokenlines indicate the string, at 00 is the position of the seal, and at aand a, respectively, are shown in miniature. the front and the back ofthe completed package.

The letter-of-advice coupon, as shown in Fig. 3, contains data andspaces a for the names of the consignor, consignee, and the party towhom the remittance is to be credited and for the amount remitted.

The depositslip coupon is suitably ruled and marked to enable not onlythe total amount a to be entered upon the coupon, but also an itemizedstatement, a", of the remittance-that is, there is a space for enteringthe number of one-dollar bills, the number of two-dollar bills, and soon, and the amounts, respectively, of the ones, the twos, &c.

In use the consignee places the pile B, of bills, or whatever is to beremitted, upon the clip, as shown in Fig. 4. The top lap, a is thenfolded over the pile, then the top lap a then the bottom a is foldedupon. the inner end of the pile, in doing which the bottom a comes firstupon the top laps, and then the bottom laps, a oi, are successivelyfolded across the outer side-of the top a. The cord 0, Figs. 1, 2, isthen passed through the clip and pile and the seal D applied, as shownin Fig. 2. The top laps are of use as constitut- 'ing an eiiicient guardagainst the insertion of any cutting-instrument to cut a bill out of thepile without cutting the cord. To this end a single top lap is of value;but the two top laps are more desirable. The bottom laps are of use inthat they serve to give more body to the package at the pointwhere thecord and seal are applied.

The letter-of-advice coupon and also the depositslip coupon are useful,partly as atfording spaces for the memoranda mentioned, and partly asconstituting data, which can be separated from the remaining and used-upportion of the clip and saved conveniently for future reference. Theconsignee, on receiving the package, has opportunity for examining itscontents and of comparing them with the statements upon the couponsbefore breaking the package-seal.

The package, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, is designed, in most instances, tobe inclosed and sealed in an outer envelopesuch as the or dinaryeXpress-company envclopeand to be transported therein, in order therebyto enable the carrier of the package to locate any interference with it.This outer envelope is not shown, as its nature is familiar. The

cord of its seal passes through the inner package, so not to interferewith the seal of the inner package. The clip is to be supplied to thetrade as a new article of merchandise. Of the two sets of laps describedthe top laps, so called, are the more essential, they being the oneswhich, when the clip is attached, come between the top (L and the bottomct of the clip. The terms top and bottom are applied arbitrarily. Inuse, either part, a or a, may be styled the top and either the bottom.So far as the coupens are concerned their position may be reversed fromthat shown. The deposit-slip coupon may be attached to the top a and theother coupon, ca to the bottom a.

Either coupon may be used by itself; but it is desirable for the clip tobe provided with both coupons. So far as the coupons are concerned theclip may be in the form of a band extended to go around the remittance.

I claim- 'The herein -described currency package clip, consisting of thetop and bottom parts adapted to be folded, and provided,respectively,with the laps and with the coupons, substantially as setforth.

\Vitness my hand.

ENRIQUE S. BARREIRAS.

Witnesses:

(3. D. Moonv, STEPHEN 1). IBARLow.

